Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Jubitea Party!

Join Fabrications & The East End WI this Saturday for an East End vintage style tea party! Barley will show you how to make a vintage inspired hair decoration or 'fabulous fascinator' whilst the East End WI will be serving tea in vintage t-pots and t-cups with their famously delicious cakes. the event is FREE to attend but please support our local WI by buying their tea and cake. BOOKING A TIME SLOT is advised (between 12 - 4pm) crafting activity takes approx 1hr, as we can only fit in a certain amount of tea party goers at one time!

Even the Queen got wind of our plans and dropped in as part of her Jubilee tour, last Thursday during our bunting making day with Brother. Sporting hand knitted crown, sash and medals. The young queen is actually Caroline Brooks from the Shoreditch Sisters, who have been involved in creating an entire knitted jubilee presentation and activities inside the WI tent over at the Diamond Jubilee Festival in Battersea Park, next weekend.

Fiona Macalister is the textile artist behind this incredible hand woven tapestry 'Pop Queen', currently on display in Fabrications window. Fiona studied art in Chelsea college of Art in the 1960's, culminating in a highly commended post graduate scholarship in woven tapestry design from Edinburgh College of art, where she stayed to continue her career.

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Wonderful stuff. The woven tapestry was a wonderful reappropriation of many styles and simply stunning. And great inspiration for our children's art club workshop on pointillism where we mentioned you guys. Thank you for such sumptuous bits and bobs.

Barley Massey in Fabrications, photo by Gary Manhine for the Hackney Museum

Fabrications is a shop and studio located on Broadway Market, East London. We are dedicated to contemporary textile practise with a sustainable agenda. We also offer workshops. For more information click on the picture above or cut & paste our website address! http://www.fabrications1.co.uk/